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Fundraising Wisdom from the Desert Fathers: Why You Should Keep Practicing Transformational Giving Even if You’re Really Bad at It

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Pastor Foley

Call me crazy, but I have a hunch that there may not be a lot of common readership between my blog and the Huffington Post religion section. So as a public service to you, dear reader, I read said religion … Continue reading →

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Storytelling in Fundraising: When Your Donor Responds with These Five Simple Words, You’ve Succeeded

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Pastor Foley

Books and articles on storytelling and narrative in fundraising are proliferating nearly as quickly as bad storytelling and narrative in fundraising (could there be a connection?). In an effort to bring some rule-of-thumb type clarity to an increasingly foggy subject, … Continue reading →

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What’s a Church Congregation Worth? $476,663.24

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Pastor Foley

Christianity Today ran a fascinating infographic recently that profiled the work of self-described “nonreligious” University of Pennsylvania sociologist Ram Cnaan. Cnaan has been working for years to accurately estimate the economic value of urban congregations to their communities, and he … Continue reading →

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